On 24 August 2023, the Commission decided not to oppose the above notified concentration and to declare it compatible with the internal market. This decision is based on Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1). The full text of the decision is available only in English and will be made public after it is cleared of any business secrets it may contain. It will be available:

(1)   OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.

On 30 August 2023, the Commission decided not to oppose the above notified concentration and to declare it compatible with the internal market. This decision is based on Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1). The full text of the decision is available only in English and will be made public after it is cleared of any business secrets it may contain. It will be available:

(1)   OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.

On 5 September 2023, the Commission decided not to oppose the above notified concentration and to declare it compatible with the internal market. This decision is based on Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1). The full text of the decision is available only in English and will be made public after it is cleared of any business secrets it may contain. It will be available:

(1)   OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.

The following information is brought to the attention of Mohammad ESLAMI, Reza-Gholi ESMAELI, Mohsen HOJATI, Naser MALEKI, Mohammad Reza NAQDI, Mohammad Baqer ZOLQADR, Ali Akbar AHMADIAN, Mehrdad AKHLAGHI-KETABACHI, Ali Akbar TABATABAEI, Fereidoun ABASSI-DAVANI, Azim AGHAJANI, Ahmad DERAKHSHANDEH, Morteza BAHMANYAR, Morteza REZAIE, Mohammad Mehdi Nejad NOURI, Yahya Rahim SAFAVI, Hossein SALAMI, Mohammad Reza ZAHEDI, Ahmad Vahid DASTJERDI, FATER INSTITUTE, GHARAGAHE SAZANDEGI GHAEM, GHORB KARBALA, KHATAM AL-ANBIYA CONSTRUCTION HEADQUARTERS, MAKIN INSTITUTE, RAH SAHEL, RAHAB ENGINEERING INSTITUTE, SEPANIR OIL AND GAS ENERGY ENGINEERING COMPANY, SEPASAD ENGINEERING COMPANY, Naval Defense Missile Industry Group (a.k.a. Cruise Missile Industry Group), Defence Technology and Science Research Centre (DTSRC), ELECTRO SANAM COMPANY, ETTEHAD TECHNICAL GROUP, FAJR INDUSTRIAL GROUP (a.k.a. Industrial Factories of Precision Machinery (IFP)), FARAYAND TECHNIQUE, 7TH OF TIR, AMIN INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX, Ammunition and metallurgy industries group (AMIG), Armament industries group (AIG), DEFENSE INDUSTRIES ORGANIZATION, KAVEH CUTTING TOOLS COMPANY, KHORASAN METALLURGY INDUSTRIES, SHAHID SAYYADE SHIRAZI INDUSTRIES, JOZA INDUSTRIAL Co., Kalaye Electric Company (KEC), M BABAIE INDUSTRIES, MALEK ASHTAR UNIVERSITY, MIZAN MACHINERY MANUFACTURING, NIRU BATTERY MANUFACTURING COMPANY, PARCHIN CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, SAFETY EQUIPMENT PROCUREMENT COMPANY, SANAM INDUSTRIAL GROUP, SHO’A ’AVIATION, SPECIAL INDUSTRIES GROUP/ Ministry of Defense Special industries Group Special Industries Organization (SIO), YAZD METALLURGY INDUSTRIES, BEHINEH TRADING Co., GHORB NOOH, HARA COMPANY, OMRAN SAHEL, ORIENTAL OIL KISH, PARS AVIATION SERVICES COMPANY, QODS AERONAUTICS INDUSTRIES, SAHEL CONSULTANT ENGINEERS, Shahid Baheri Industrial Group (SBIG), Shahid Hemmat Industries Group (SHIG) (a.k.a. Sahand Aluminum Parts Industrial Company (SAPICO)), SHAHID KHARRAZI INDUSTRIES, SHAHID SATTARI INDUSTRIES, YA MAHDI INDUSTRIES GROUP, IMENSAZAN CONSULTANT ENGINEERS INSTITUTE and YAS AIR, persons and entities listed in Annex I to Council Decision 2010/413/CFSP (1) and in Annex VIII to Council Regulation (EU) No 267/2012 (2) concerning restrictive measures against Iran.

Pursuant to the procedure laid down in paragraph 36 of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) of 14 July 2015, the Council considers that the EU has valid grounds for maintaining after JCPOA 'Transition Day' the restrictive measures against certain persons and entities listed in Annex I to Council Decision 2010/413/CFSP and Annex VIII to Council Regulation (EU) No 267/2012.

Therefore, the Council intends to transfer the names of those persons and entities from Annex I to Annex II to Council Decision 2010/413/CFSP and from Annex VIII to Annex IX to Council Regulation (EU) No 267/2012 concerning restrictive measures against Iran. The persons and entities concerned are hereby informed that they may submit a request to the Council to obtain the intended statements of reasons for their designation, by 22 September 2023 , to the following address:

Email: sanctions@consilium.europa.eu

(1)   OJ L 195, 27.7.2010, p. 39.

(2)   OJ L 88, 24.3.2012, p. 1.

1 euro =

(1)   Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.

(1)   OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1 (the ‘Merger Regulation’).

(2)   OJ C 366, 14.12.2013, p. 5.

(1)   OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1 (the ‘Merger Regulation’).

(2)   OJ C 160, 5.5.2023, p. 1.